Happy belated Valentine's Day, hope your V-day was a special one. I personally don't see why we can't celebrate love and romance any time of the year. Well, I was on my way home from the gym today and was listening to Classical MPR when host Lynne Warfel's Love at the Movies came on which …
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Music Break: Ten Favorite Oscar-Winning Film Scores
The Oscars is just a week away, folks! Well, a week ago, as I was listening to 99.5 Classical MPR they were playing my favorite score from Titanic and I knew I had to make a post of it. For this post I'm focusing more on the instrumental themes instead of the songs, hence my exclusion …
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Music Break: 5 Great Themes from 5 Favorite Action Flicks
As an action movies fanatic, I also love the music that accompanies them. Here's a list of some great themes from action movies throughout the years. Black Rain Chase to the Steel Plant by Hans Zimmer http://youtu.be/779h6lm2Z-w Hans Zimmer has been the go to guy for composing big Hollywood tent pole pictures within the last 15 …
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Music Break: Top 10 Favorite Bond Songs
This Music Break is so long overdue! I listen to basically two music genres regularly: classical and soundtrack. And growing up the James Bond soundtrack got a lot of play in my house as my two brothers love 'em too and my penchant for them continue to this day. Over the years I don't know how …
Music Break: Casino Royale Score (City of Lovers)
Happy Thursday everyone! It's been over a month since my last music break, and I definitely could use one today. As a preview to our monthly Bond post coming next week, I feel like highlighting one of my favorite Bond scores. I've posted my top five Bond title songs, but as far as main scores …
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Favorite movie music – my top twenty list
F. Gary Gray, Law Abiding Citizen's director recently tweeted, "My mtg with the composer Brian Tyler went really well. He just gets it. Music is so important, it can ruin your movie if it's not right." I couldn't agree more. Music can make or break a movie. Not only does it create the mood …
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